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and defense personnel based upon legal guidance that has since been repudiated. the most important decision may have been to declare the geneva convention did not apply to al qaeda and taliban captives in afghanistan or guantanamo. the administration never specified what rules would apply instead. the task force believes that u.s. defense intelligence professionals and service members in harm's way need absolutely clear orders on the treatment of detainees, requiring, at a minimum, compliance with common article three of the geneva convention. this was not done. civilian leaders and military commanders have an affirmative responsibility to ensure that their sub ard natures comply with the laws of war. president obama has committed to observe the geneva conventions through an executive order, about the a future president could change it by the stroke of a pen. congress, one of our recommendations, needs to work with the administration to strengthen torture statutes, the war crimes act, and the uniform code of military justice to remove the loopholes that allow tor
and defense personnel based upon legal guidance that has since been repudiated. the most important decision may have been to declare the geneva convention did not apply to al qaeda and taliban captives in afghanistan or guantanamo. the administration never specified what rules would apply instead. the task force believes that u.s. defense intelligence professionals and service members in harm's way need absolutely clear orders on the treatment of detainees, requiring, at a minimum, compliance...
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the collective defense ministers and -- defense ministers agreed they would transfer forces for 2014. to give guidance for the general planning to take place. i think it is fair to say that our coalition partners are a very much looking for to see what the u.s. constitution will be post 20-14. -- post-2014. enabling support in most cases, i mean specifically evacuation post 2014, which they cannot provide but would need in place and for them to be committed -- would need inflation to keep it committed. >> is there anything we should be doing in the lead up to 2014 to provide those assurances to folks so everyone is in agreement on what happened? >> i do. i know the president is liberating now. as he makes a decision as far as the basic remarks, he has that wey committed would be there in some significant way post-2014. as he makes a specific decision i think it will be incumbent upon all of us to engage our coalition partners to ensure that we build the same effective coalition post 2014 that we have had over the past several years. i think it is a huge success story the way we brough
the collective defense ministers and -- defense ministers agreed they would transfer forces for 2014. to give guidance for the general planning to take place. i think it is fair to say that our coalition partners are a very much looking for to see what the u.s. constitution will be post 20-14. -- post-2014. enabling support in most cases, i mean specifically evacuation post 2014, which they cannot provide but would need in place and for them to be committed -- would need inflation to keep it...
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whether it's missile defense, on dome or rocket defense, the different weapons systems that we are assisting them with, our military to military relationship, i'm going to be in israel in a few days. our interests are very clear and common and so i would answer your question, that way i think the israelis know that and we know that. >> thank you, mr. chairman. there are a lot of red lines out here and i'm just saying, this when we issue these red lines, the judgment call is that if there's a problem, we're going to act and obviously we have to do that diplomacy first but in reality we need to have the military capability to sustain some sort of operation if we start it. >> we have the military capability and we have the ability to provide the president what's required to protect the interests of this country and our allies. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> ms. granger. >> thank you. i have two questions and the first one is to general dempsey. we're talking about relationships. would you bring us up to date on the state of our relationship, military to military, with egypt and how important is
whether it's missile defense, on dome or rocket defense, the different weapons systems that we are assisting them with, our military to military relationship, i'm going to be in israel in a few days. our interests are very clear and common and so i would answer your question, that way i think the israelis know that and we know that. >> thank you, mr. chairman. there are a lot of red lines out here and i'm just saying, this when we issue these red lines, the judgment call is that if...
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i borrowed into this program as a way to write about the overall challenges of trimming the defense program. this program is singular in terms of its costs and the way as i write in d, the piece, the attribute may not bawl of the missiles and stealth technology and the ability to fight supersonic speed. it may be the way it is designed to avoid budget cutters in washington. on re on sunday at 8:00 c-span's "q&a." >> at a senate hearing to discuss the immigration bill this week. homeland security janet napolitano was scheduled to testify but was unable to do due to the ongoing investigation there. a member of the u.s. commission on civil rights as well as former c.b.o. director testified and discussed concerns and the benefits in the legislation. his is an hour and 40 minutes. >> the committee can come to order please. . apologize for the delay as you know there is a great .elay going on in massachusetts i hope everybody can well understand why the secretary napolitano will not be here. testimony. dule her -- hopefully senator feinstein won't mind me mentioning but she was saying and i agree
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i borrowed into this program as a way to write about the overall challenges of the defense budget. its program is singular in cost overruns, its delays, and the way it is structured. effective defense of attribute may not be its radars and missiles and technology and ability to fight at super sized cities. it may be the way it has been designed to ease a budget cutters. more on sunday at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's "q & a." >> in their documentary, "what's the catch?," rebecca levy and shelby stevens talk about seafood. iny are second prize winn this year's c-span studentcam competition. >> throughout the past few decades, the amount of damage to our water has increased exponentially. come to the salt water and oceans. it has become even more prominent than ever before. the fish that were healthy are not going extinct. each year, the u.s. consumes close to 5 billion tons of seafood. it is the third rank country for consuming fish. thecase of gone by since overuse of our country's natural resources. how can we sustain heating as many fish as we do without sustaining natural fish populatio
i borrowed into this program as a way to write about the overall challenges of the defense budget. its program is singular in cost overruns, its delays, and the way it is structured. effective defense of attribute may not be its radars and missiles and technology and ability to fight at super sized cities. it may be the way it has been designed to ease a budget cutters. more on sunday at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's "q & a." >> in their documentary, "what's the catch?,"...
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he talked about significant reductions and i would acknowledge that under section 1245-d of the defense authorization act, a waiver sanctions can be granted if the president makes a determination and reports to congress that a country has significantly reduced its volume of crude oil purchases. now, because of the sanctions, iran's oil exports have dropped by 60% over the past year. i commend state department greatly, and this administration, for doing what it had to do to get countries to comply. in december waivers for china and several other cooperating countries were renewed for another 180 days, but over the past three months, china's imports of iranian crude have steadily increased, as i understand it, from 354,000 barrels per day in february, to 415,000 barrels per day in april. i would ask you, mr. secretary, what constitutes significant reduction? and shouldn't significant reduction be defined differently at this point given where the iranians are in their nuclear program? and with the add digsal now outside information that iraq is producing three million barrels more per day.
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it reflects a very deep alliance between our two countries in the defense of our common interests and values. nowhere are these values and interests challenged more than by the arming of the terrorist groups by iran with sophisticated weapons. equally, iran los attempt to arm itself with nuclear weapons. >> a palestinian prisoner has agreed to in his hunger strike in exchange for an early release. samer issawi has been refusing food for the past eight months. the strike has led to weeks of protest against israel detention policies. he was due to remain and prison until 2029 but will now be released this year. for more on this, let's go live to ramallah. that's between member of the palestinian prisoners organization. welcome to the program. what do you think of this deal? >> good afternoon. , he hasat the center succeeded in guaranteeing his release after eight months actually and not getting back the old sentence that he was supposed to get, about 20 years, after his release after the case of shalit. he guaranteed his release actually. >> how many other palestinian prisoners are stil
it reflects a very deep alliance between our two countries in the defense of our common interests and values. nowhere are these values and interests challenged more than by the arming of the terrorist groups by iran with sophisticated weapons. equally, iran los attempt to arm itself with nuclear weapons. >> a palestinian prisoner has agreed to in his hunger strike in exchange for an early release. samer issawi has been refusing food for the past eight months. the strike has led to weeks...
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according to the iraqi defense ministry the truth is that they beat the. government in the meanwhile the protesters say that they were simply staging an. open fire along a preceding. bomb. in the southern baghdad neighborhood of. tens of thousands of iraq. the area. again i knew mr noir amahl to be in recent months now if you. are doing their minority community. do them from job also completing the. anti-terrorism laws that have been specifically. in the last few years and. violence dozens of. bombings. last week because. a lot action the trials on the. channel there. and the runoff. election. in the. problems. are and will. very much and i'm. going to come. now. and jim brann of the stop the war coalition told us a bit earlier in the program that simply put the ongoing violence in iraq is an extension of the devastating war the level of violence has never. gone back to what it was ten years ago after the war and talking about it's never return to that there's been terrible periods of around two thousand and six and against that things are much better but
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detention dr steven is an arc is the retired army medical corps officer and a former senior advisor to the defense department he says it might not be long before the strike turns lethal. typically people get very sick after about fifty days in which they've not had any food but are taking water so they may be getting very sick and i think there's a fear that a number may die within the next several weeks but all the world medical associations are categorically and ethically against force feeding the reason being is that it in fact disrupts what is most important which is establishing a constructive relationship were poor with the hunger strikers and being able to discuss the terms of their protest the this is a they if they have it also. really overrides their autonomy which is very important in medicine we except that is one of our ethical principles so that by and large most organizations across the world feel that it is not acceptable and in this particular case what it does not help resolve their grievances and help resolve the conflict that we're having between the detainees and the authoriti
detention dr steven is an arc is the retired army medical corps officer and a former senior advisor to the defense department he says it might not be long before the strike turns lethal. typically people get very sick after about fifty days in which they've not had any food but are taking water so they may be getting very sick and i think there's a fear that a number may die within the next several weeks but all the world medical associations are categorically and ethically against force...
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korean has switched from a pro-defense to an active deterrent strategy. that means if they have imminent signs of attack, they will pre-empt. defense officials point out that is more likely to be in a strategic threat rather than tactical. so that means, if they feel they are about to get hit with some artillery in a west sea island, they are not likely to initiate this, instead absorb it and then respond. what they are talking about is more a situation where if they see a missile, they think it is nuclear armed, it is at a time of hostility, it could be an imminent attack on south korea, then according to the new strategy, they would take out that missile. that requires perfect intelligence, and you can never tell what kind of warhead is on a missile. if the situation is now at even a higher tension right now and they observe missiles or scud missiles would they take those out? we don't know. my time is up but i would just lay a marker for during the q and a's the recent d.i.a. of the current nuclear war capabilities, as well as senator kerry's trip, whi
korean has switched from a pro-defense to an active deterrent strategy. that means if they have imminent signs of attack, they will pre-empt. defense officials point out that is more likely to be in a strategic threat rather than tactical. so that means, if they feel they are about to get hit with some artillery in a west sea island, they are not likely to initiate this, instead absorb it and then respond. what they are talking about is more a situation where if they see a missile, they think...
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our diplomatic our defense contractors now have to go and hide their worship behind a walled compound. afghanistan, while the surge was going on, over 100,000 american troops on the ground, joined saudi arabia as the only other country in the world that became so intolerant they did not have a single church. the obama administration knew about it and actually reported about in the state department religious freedom, which is still the gold standard for human rights reporting. but at the time it was happening they said nothing and did nothing. so on our watch this has happened. the bush administration, two-thirds of the christians in iraq were driven out. we have it in the book about conversations we had about secretary rice at the time saying please protecting. again, we had 100,000 troops on thground and she said no, we cannot get involved. it's sectarian here. meanwhile, the united states had just installed a shiite government in iraq and was negotiating on the path of sunni leaders to get sunni appointments in the government. so it just rang true. >> it does seem as i listen becaus
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about nuclear weapons is that and you know despite the expense many ways they offer a cheap form of defense compared with conventional g. forces now north korea hasn't got the in the economic wherewithal to come anywhere near the americans in terms of you know conventional arms and so nuclear weapons and they don't really need very much then you need them to be effective all they need is to have been there to do you agree that the americans think that they could retaliate if if if so clapped so it's quite close first on the korean point of view and that would go up to three of us south korea and japan is activity like warships and just interceptor missiles are all being pointed at korea is that all going to temporary do you believe. it's all going to to ten to ten point north korea. no i mean yes i mean not that i think the the actual crisis is now sort of winding down their merican follow ups the ante with this current range of august military exercises in order to stop a new south korean government from opening up in gauging the north. africa and he promised in the intellectual campaign s
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to cut in the defense budget. but with regards to deficits, adding to the deficit and the debt, this current budget being proposed by the president 40 ually -- deficit of $7 billion and still a big number about half of what it was in the depths of the great recession. it gives us an opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic growth numbers out a couple of days ago that showed 3% g.d.p. that is good news. but the economy is in recovery and still have a ways to go and never give up on trying to improve the economy and reduce the deficit. host: thank you for talking to our viewers this morning. appreciate it. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the f.b.i. briefed the house intelligence committee about the boston marathon bombings. intelligence committee member adam schiff joins us to discuss the terror attack in boston. congressman steve king on the boston bombing and efforts to change the
to cut in the defense budget. but with regards to deficits, adding to the deficit and the debt, this current budget being proposed by the president 40 ually -- deficit of $7 billion and still a big number about half of what it was in the depths of the great recession. it gives us an opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic growth numbers out a couple of days ago that showed 3% g.d.p. that is good news. but the economy is in recovery and still...
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intelligence agency and entire defense enterprise. many of whom are formerly deployed directly supported u.s. and allied military forces in afghanistan and 141 countries and 262 locations around the world. i have been the director for nearly eight month now i cannot emphasize how proud and privileged i am to serve our nation in this capacity. as our defense strategy highlights our nation at the moment of transition. the global security environment as director clapper just stated presents increasingly complex challenges and growing list of threat and adversary. and demands on the united states intelligence system have skyrocketed in recent years they are only expected to increase. the united states faces an uncertain security environment marked by a broad spectrum of dissimilar threat from nation states, nonnation state actors, highly adaptive transnaiol terrorist ne proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and looming and dangerous threat of cyberattacks against our defense coour nation'scritical infrastructure. i view this latte
intelligence agency and entire defense enterprise. many of whom are formerly deployed directly supported u.s. and allied military forces in afghanistan and 141 countries and 262 locations around the world. i have been the director for nearly eight month now i cannot emphasize how proud and privileged i am to serve our nation in this capacity. as our defense strategy highlights our nation at the moment of transition. the global security environment as director clapper just stated presents...
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defense secretary robert gates he said that if this trend does continue to be alliance it could be in danger of moving into what he called a collective military irrelevant so there's the question of whether the actually still be relevant given the decrease in its capabilities and there are signals coming from the u.s. that they are not keen on continuing the kind of partnership with this sort of inequality and also looking at the u.s. his own budget cost as well as its shift in priority especially after we've heard that pivot to asia so they have their own concerns so they're questioning the kind of the new line of the kind of partnership that they have especially with european countries moving forward they're also facing some lack of enthusiasm from european members of just germany for instance was very eager to contribute to any military operation so again under the nato secretary general has come out saying that the capability of nato will be impacted and there is a question of critics on the actual relevance of the alliance. there's not much enthusiasm from its members to contribu
defense secretary robert gates he said that if this trend does continue to be alliance it could be in danger of moving into what he called a collective military irrelevant so there's the question of whether the actually still be relevant given the decrease in its capabilities and there are signals coming from the u.s. that they are not keen on continuing the kind of partnership with this sort of inequality and also looking at the u.s. his own budget cost as well as its shift in priority...
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on defense is now only being achieved by three nato members and. the reports now from brussels the rift between alliance members is growing. the nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen had actually come out and warned its partners against the danger of defense spending cuts as we've already seen especially from its european partners this opinion was also echoed by go way u.s. defense secretary leon panetta he said that if this trend does continue that the alliance could be in danger of moving into what he called a collective military irrelevance so there's the question of whether it will actually still be relevant given the decrease in its capabilities and opinion also . echoed by the former u.s. defense secretary robert gates the problem that nato is facing when it comes to budget is no small matter if we just look back to more than a decade ago it. had a goal of having sixty thousand troops for instance available for battle in the so-called in so-called core however today we see that these battle groups range from about fifteen hundred to tw
on defense is now only being achieved by three nato members and. the reports now from brussels the rift between alliance members is growing. the nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen had actually come out and warned its partners against the danger of defense spending cuts as we've already seen especially from its european partners this opinion was also echoed by go way u.s. defense secretary leon panetta he said that if this trend does continue that the alliance could be in danger of...
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the minister of defense decentralized decision making for captains and below. these are the steps that i believe have to be taken. i'm mindful of the challenges we had in the u.s. military when i came in as a platoon commander in the 1970's and we had significant attrition in the united states marine corps and in the united states army at that time. a big part of that was leadership. as leaders were held accountable and addressed that problem, the problem got better. this idea of leadership development is a two, three, five-year process but we're moving in that direction. -- the right direction. afghan leadership are being held accountable by the afghan chain of command. when they fail to perform they're being dismissed and i think that's a positive sign. >> and that effort will really depend on the credibility and confidence and the integrity of the afghan army, won't it? >> over time effective military action is important. >> i'm very concerned and -- with the contracts involving taxpayer dollars of the united states that may go to -- in effect benefit our en
the minister of defense decentralized decision making for captains and below. these are the steps that i believe have to be taken. i'm mindful of the challenges we had in the u.s. military when i came in as a platoon commander in the 1970's and we had significant attrition in the united states marine corps and in the united states army at that time. a big part of that was leadership. as leaders were held accountable and addressed that problem, the problem got better. this idea of leadership...
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the sounds that long of a promising european defense spending which leaves washington picking up the majority of the top four nato outs russians a crisis of unity. loss of u.s. officials admits the glory hunger strike of gone tunnel bay now includes overhaul of the detainees that the wars have insisted the figure is. all along. international news life this is our see with me your leisure paula thanks for joining us according to investigators the surviving suspect in the boston marathon bombings says it's america's wars in iraq and afghanistan that led him and his brother to carry out the worst u.s. based attack since nine eleven after questioning nineteen year old john hartson knives police believe the bombers were acting on their own initiative will cling to any foreign terrorist group all season as the citric and i reports now from boston . as the nineteen year old boston bombing suspect joe hart's are naiads condition improves from serious to fair he's beginning to reveal information to investigators from what we're hearing on the ground according to officials certain has said tha
the sounds that long of a promising european defense spending which leaves washington picking up the majority of the top four nato outs russians a crisis of unity. loss of u.s. officials admits the glory hunger strike of gone tunnel bay now includes overhaul of the detainees that the wars have insisted the figure is. all along. international news life this is our see with me your leisure paula thanks for joining us according to investigators the surviving suspect in the boston marathon bombings...
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on defense. the organization was created to counter the soviet union with soviet union long gone it has to keep easy over the years nato has gone from being a defense organization to becoming an offensive force with a missions that go far beyond north america and europe they refer to those ambitions as out of area operations which have included of ghana's stand in libya now part of nato the very powerful part which includes the u.s. the u.k. and france pretty much see those out of area operations as the future of the organization but the zest and enthusiasm to go global doesn't sync well with all twenty eight members of the alliance who know they will have to foot the bill the lack of consensus showed when germany by far europe's strongest nation refused to provide resources for nato bombings two years ago back then nato has gone beyond its un mandate which was to protect civilians it has effectively created a power vacuum in which all kinds of extremists have flourished since then not to mention
on defense. the organization was created to counter the soviet union with soviet union long gone it has to keep easy over the years nato has gone from being a defense organization to becoming an offensive force with a missions that go far beyond north america and europe they refer to those ambitions as out of area operations which have included of ghana's stand in libya now part of nato the very powerful part which includes the u.s. the u.k. and france pretty much see those out of area...
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technologies cut across every sector of our economy and our national defense infrastructure. our relatively modest 20-year investment in nitr-d programs has contributed immeasurably to our economic and national security by enabling innovation and job creation in the n.i.t. and providing american students with the skills to fill these jobs. let's re-authorize this program today and ensure that it remains strong. i want to thank my friend, mrs. lummis, for reintroducing a bipartisan bill once again in this congress and i also would like to thank my staff and in sokolo for their hard work on this bill and i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 967 and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves, the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: i yield five minutes to mrs. lummis the sponsor of this legislation and who chairs the subcommittee of the science, space and technology committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from wyoming is recognized for five minutes. mrs. lummis: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to start by thanking chai
technologies cut across every sector of our economy and our national defense infrastructure. our relatively modest 20-year investment in nitr-d programs has contributed immeasurably to our economic and national security by enabling innovation and job creation in the n.i.t. and providing american students with the skills to fill these jobs. let's re-authorize this program today and ensure that it remains strong. i want to thank my friend, mrs. lummis, for reintroducing a bipartisan bill once...
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on defense is not only being achieved by three nato members. as late as from brussels. we're here in front of the nato headquarters where the foreign ministers had just met to discuss a whole range of issues from afghanistan post twenty fourteen to north korea nuclear situation to syria and a lot of other issues the weather before this actual foreign ministers meeting the nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen had actually come out and he warned its partners against the danger of more defense spending cuts as we've already seen especially from its european partners so this opinion was also echoed by the outgo a u.s. defense secretary leon panetta he said that if this trend does continue that the alliance could be in danger of moving into what he called a collective military irrelevance so there's the question of whether or not it will actually still be relevant given the decrease in its capabilities and opinion also . echoed by the former u.s. defense secretary robert gates the problem that nato is facing when it comes to budget is no small matter if we just look
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provide for the common defense. what is more common than our power grid, our financial system and our economy? and are we not required to defend all of that? promote the general welfare. again, if our power grid is taken down, it is impossible to promote the general welfare. secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and to our posterity. our intellectual property, madam chair, madam speaker, made with american ingenuity, our life savings in banks, under threat from foreign actors, our jobs, our economy, all these blessings of liberty are currentry at risk if we do nothing. i've heard some suggest, madam speaker, that they have constitutional concerns about passing this bill, and i would just suggest to them that i believe strongly you should have constitutional concerns about not passing this bill. i do not believe our constitution gives foreign state actors like china or russia or north korea or iran uncontested access to the critical systems of private american companies. to the contrary, i believe that our con
provide for the common defense. what is more common than our power grid, our financial system and our economy? and are we not required to defend all of that? promote the general welfare. again, if our power grid is taken down, it is impossible to promote the general welfare. secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and to our posterity. our intellectual property, madam chair, madam speaker, made with american ingenuity, our life savings in banks, under threat from foreign actors, our jobs,...
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ultimately washington left to bear the burden of the defense finances now crisis hit nato states have already chopped more than forty five below. dollars from the treasury that's about the equivalent of germany's entire military budget and the number of european troops in the u.s. led bloc is also plummeted from two point five million in two thousand down to one point eight six million while the u.s. was trimming its own military costs share of the budget is still risen to seventy five percent of the total. of reports from brussels concerns over nato's viability continue to grow. the nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen had actually come out and warned its partners against the danger of more defense spending cuts as we've already seen especially from its european partners this opinion was also echoed by the former u.s. defense secretary robert gates he said that if this trend does continue that the alliance could be in danger of moving into what he called a collective military irrelevance so there's the question of whether nato will actually still be relevant given the decreas
ultimately washington left to bear the burden of the defense finances now crisis hit nato states have already chopped more than forty five below. dollars from the treasury that's about the equivalent of germany's entire military budget and the number of european troops in the u.s. led bloc is also plummeted from two point five million in two thousand down to one point eight six million while the u.s. was trimming its own military costs share of the budget is still risen to seventy five percent...
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, that we did in fact passed a defense appropriations bill. we didn't do a lot of those. within the context, we were able th wt weaecognize thaitization r deease funding? >> the national intelligence program, which i manage straddles two independent tions these. the bulk of program is carried in the department of defense budget. so not to get to be in a sequestration arcana here, but the net, the program was divided into 700 ppa from the planned program activities that covers the entire extent. every one of those had to be eat late taxed. the congress imposed a more onerous, more restrict it from a comma rules that on my ability to move money from ppa to ppa. i have small pdas with not a lot of money but for whatever reason decided there needed to be more over the national intelligence program. the effect of the fy 13 of her rations that did help us in that it allowed us to move money around civic and that the money into the path we are committed to by virtue of the fact were five men in before we got a bill. sowo ba dister t it. a cab structu
, that we did in fact passed a defense appropriations bill. we didn't do a lot of those. within the context, we were able th wt weaecognize thaitization r deease funding? >> the national intelligence program, which i manage straddles two independent tions these. the bulk of program is carried in the department of defense budget. so not to get to be in a sequestration arcana here, but the net, the program was divided into 700 ppa from the planned program activities that covers the entire...
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most of the growth in this whole region has been through the department of defense, the military, defense contractors, shipbuilding, hundreds of years of history here building ships. we're the only place in the world that builds nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines and those kinds of vessels. the full range of maritime business. the report. hampton roads is probably the largest physical port. -- on the east coast of the u.s. the challenge is running a city like virginia beach are probably not a lot different than most every city in the country right now. that's all all changing relationships of federalism, the relationship between the state and federal government changing dramaticallymaking it much more difficult to finance the operation of cities to keep up with the needs in terms of part, and just the ongoing eds of the community for cultural, recreational, those kinds of activities. resources are getting harder and harder to find. and the competition for those resources is sharper than ever and it's a real balancing act to try to sort through that and come up with a program that wi
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defense officials said they weren't intending the operation, which would increase the u.s. military presence in jordan, to 250 people from a current 150, to serve as a possible command post for a military intervention. but it could be used to coordinate u.s. humanitarian aid or oversee efforts to secure chemical weapons sites, officials said. that's from the "wall street journal." and this is also from the "wall street journal." obama now takes the lead after attacks on americans. when a nigerian man nearly set troop-bound ed a plane carrying passengers in 2009, president obama waited three days before break interesting his hawaiian vacation to speak to the country sparking a waive of criticism. after obama's tour through the boston marathon on monday killing three people and wounding scores more, mr. obama spoke to the nation twice within 24 hours of the attack. he told his staff he didn't want to wait before speaking publicly and the white house posted photos on flickr of his oval office meetings with national security advisors on the investigation. on thursday, today, he
defense officials said they weren't intending the operation, which would increase the u.s. military presence in jordan, to 250 people from a current 150, to serve as a possible command post for a military intervention. but it could be used to coordinate u.s. humanitarian aid or oversee efforts to secure chemical weapons sites, officials said. that's from the "wall street journal." and this is also from the "wall street journal." obama now takes the lead after attacks on...
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is struggling with a disproportionate responsibility to fund the defense. and here are the we are following the ongoing hunger strike in guantanamo bay prison which is. third month now as the u.s. is sending more medics there as officials say overhaul of all the inmates are refusing for. a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today. live in moscow with your global twenty four hour news america's wars in iraq and afghanistan motivated the worst attack on u.s. soil in more than a decade that's what the surviving suspect in the boston marathon bombings has told investigators. also claim that he and his brother acted alone in carrying out the twin blasts more from boston and. as the nineteen year old boston bombing suspect joe hart's her naiads condition improves from serious to fair he's beginning to reveal information to investigators from what we're hearing on the ground according to official search has said that the motive behind the two bombings that took place on monday april fifteenth for the wars you what the u.s. has been fighting in iraq and afgh
is struggling with a disproportionate responsibility to fund the defense. and here are the we are following the ongoing hunger strike in guantanamo bay prison which is. third month now as the u.s. is sending more medics there as officials say overhaul of all the inmates are refusing for. a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today. live in moscow with your global twenty four hour news america's wars in iraq and afghanistan motivated the worst attack on u.s. soil in more than a decade...
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during out of funding shows a lack of commitment to the idea of self-defense. this is a huge signal to terrorists around the world if we will not harm our pilots. i think we have one training facility in new mexico where the pilots are trained. , the pilots complained about the costs and expenses and the time away. we have got training facilities for police man in every state. i do not see any reason we could not cooperate and make it a lot cheaper. i am for saving money. i do not mind saving money. we have all kinds of costs and training facilities for police officers and state troopers. it should not be done in one place. let them learn how to do it and have it done. there's no reason why you can't have local training. i would also take military officers who have had extensive training and i would exempt them from half of the program so they can save time and expenses on getting it done. i think idea of deterrence cannot be measured. you can't measure how important it is to have deterrence. i think a lot of us would argue that having pilots armed is a great d
during out of funding shows a lack of commitment to the idea of self-defense. this is a huge signal to terrorists around the world if we will not harm our pilots. i think we have one training facility in new mexico where the pilots are trained. , the pilots complained about the costs and expenses and the time away. we have got training facilities for police man in every state. i do not see any reason we could not cooperate and make it a lot cheaper. i am for saving money. i do not mind saving...
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will follow a pattern that we have provided by the department of defense. if that changes, we will have to look and see if we can accommodate that change, and if not, then we will have to say we have a requirement for resources. >> thank you very much, and i look forward to sitting down with you to look at the matrix that brought about such a change in three months, and let me just say, mr. secretary, i was not addressing the increased number of claims coming in the door, i was addressing the number of claims that are actually processed and determined, and that does not seem to be getting better. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i will try to ask two questions in too short a period of time. it's homelessness on the one hand, suicides on the other. how do you pick the tragedy, the worst tragedy? up to 22 suicides a day. you are making an enormous role in mental health, the experts and the support staff. it will take time to get that into the system and trained, too. how do you look at the general population, starting with ptsd, and as it gets into t
will follow a pattern that we have provided by the department of defense. if that changes, we will have to look and see if we can accommodate that change, and if not, then we will have to say we have a requirement for resources. >> thank you very much, and i look forward to sitting down with you to look at the matrix that brought about such a change in three months, and let me just say, mr. secretary, i was not addressing the increased number of claims coming in the door, i was addressing...
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be said about what this bill does, but our point is that we believe in law enforcement as the best defense is a strong offense. there are so many provisions in this bill that would encourage or discourage illegal immigration, it would create the first choice in those who want to come to this country to work, to benefit their own lives and benefit this great country. that is to choose a pathway that is correct and legal. all those other provisions in this law are those that help with regard to a stronger border. >> thank you very much. the fmemayoof denver, colorado, currently serves as president and ceo of the hispanic chamber of commerce of metro denver. good to have you here, mr. mayor. >> thank you, mr. chairman, members of the committee. to there to lend support border security economic maturity. -- economic we send our present supports to our neighbors in texas and massachusetts and in solidarity with and with american that you try to make a better bet for your kitty. and the president and ceo of the hispanic chamber of commerce metro denver, an organization of over 2000 business memb
be said about what this bill does, but our point is that we believe in law enforcement as the best defense is a strong offense. there are so many provisions in this bill that would encourage or discourage illegal immigration, it would create the first choice in those who want to come to this country to work, to benefit their own lives and benefit this great country. that is to choose a pathway that is correct and legal. all those other provisions in this law are those that help with regard to a...
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if we stop spending, we would be cutting the defense budget to zero. i wouldll arguing that argue that cutting to zero is a responsible. with regard to adding to the deficit and the debt, this current budget being proposed by the president actually cuts the , still by $740 billion a big number, about half of what it was in the depths of the great recession. year to year deficit is coming down. it gives opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic growth numbers out a couple of days ago that show about a 3% gdp. that is good news. the economy is in recovery. we so have a ways to go and we should never give up on trying to improve the economy and reduce the deficit. host: rick larsen, democrat from washington, thank you, sir. guest: you're welcome. the: coming up next, headline is "big money, big money, talking about the economics of the mississippi river." [no audio] is that the public defenders job is that it is dependent on their approval. how faster the process cases? how quickly do they get to the dock
if we stop spending, we would be cutting the defense budget to zero. i wouldll arguing that argue that cutting to zero is a responsible. with regard to adding to the deficit and the debt, this current budget being proposed by the president actually cuts the , still by $740 billion a big number, about half of what it was in the depths of the great recession. year to year deficit is coming down. it gives opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic...
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area of concern is the $714 million request to fund the construction of the national bio anding a row defense facilities in kansas. we've talked about. this i'm sure we'll talk about it more today the and i understand the importance of studying animal diseases, but i hope we can avoid providing full funding, $700 million some, full funding, to 2014 alone, for a multi-year construction probably. y building a building in lodge cal segments, taking away resources from other facilities like i.c.e. and the coast guard and fema, maybe even management moneys that we need from the department. and finally, i'm concerned by proposed cuts and the support that the homeland security provides to state and local governments and first responders through homeland security grants, exercises in training and as we saw clearly this week in state and local officials are the ones who will inevitably be on the front line responding to terrorist attacks. my friend always reminds us we need to be risk-based and we need to keep that in mind particularly as we consider these grants to our state and local colleagues. whi
area of concern is the $714 million request to fund the construction of the national bio anding a row defense facilities in kansas. we've talked about. this i'm sure we'll talk about it more today the and i understand the importance of studying animal diseases, but i hope we can avoid providing full funding, $700 million some, full funding, to 2014 alone, for a multi-year construction probably. y building a building in lodge cal segments, taking away resources from other facilities like i.c.e....
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i borrowed into this program is a way to write about the overall challenges of trimming the defense budget. this program is in sularecause , delays, and the weight has been structured. -- weight has been structured. it's most defensive effective attribute may not be all of its radars and since ours -- sensors and missiles. it may well be the way it's been designed to evade budget cutters in washington. sunday at 8:00 on c-span q&a. >> earlier today postmaster general donahoe spoke at the national press club, speaking about postal reform ahe saturday delivery. here's what he had to say. >> congress faces a simple choice. give the organization the flexibility to operate more effectively. in case you're wondering what that cost might be, the cost of ,ropping up our broken model including resolving all the debts and the false we currently can't afford to pay, might be in the neighborhood of $58 billion trade that's just through 2017. it would be completely unnecessary. it may shock you to learn that the postal service could be profitable today, and in the long-term future. we just need to oper
i borrowed into this program is a way to write about the overall challenges of trimming the defense budget. this program is in sularecause , delays, and the weight has been structured. -- weight has been structured. it's most defensive effective attribute may not be all of its radars and since ours -- sensors and missiles. it may well be the way it's been designed to evade budget cutters in washington. sunday at 8:00 on c-span q&a. >> earlier today postmaster general donahoe spoke at...
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the senate armed services committee will do an overview of defense authorization. chuck hagel will be at that as well as general martin dempsey, at that hearing. the house oversight and government reform committee is having a hearing on postal service insolvency. to find out when and where all of that will be airing, go to our website, c-span.org, for more details. chuck in massachusetts, a democrat. thought.ust a when you consider how 9/11 and brought the american public together, the last thing al qaeda would want to do would be to recreate that feeling of united ness. they like us divided. was shown as ait relatively easy, but they did in boston yesterday. like hawk-eye wanted to do something like that, they could do it relatively easily. i don't think they want to do it, because it would backfire on them. that's my thought. host: all right. that's the point of the show, to get everybody stopped and a variety of opinions this morning. one more story to give you before we go on to talk to two members of congress. poisonlope containing mailed to the senate this of
the senate armed services committee will do an overview of defense authorization. chuck hagel will be at that as well as general martin dempsey, at that hearing. the house oversight and government reform committee is having a hearing on postal service insolvency. to find out when and where all of that will be airing, go to our website, c-span.org, for more details. chuck in massachusetts, a democrat. thought.ust a when you consider how 9/11 and brought the american public together, the last...
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lawmakers according to him to be deprived of his right to a defense. after ten months being holed up in london's ecuadorian embassy the world's top. tells r.t. why the u.k. is spending millions on watching his every move. bahrain authorities start from opposition attempts to disrupt a controversial formula one racing me down to rallies and clashes with police. and a half of one ton of detainees and now one hunger strike some going to the death to escape detention. so i welcome you watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow. the surviving suspect in last week's terror bombings in boston is reportedly conscious and.
lawmakers according to him to be deprived of his right to a defense. after ten months being holed up in london's ecuadorian embassy the world's top. tells r.t. why the u.k. is spending millions on watching his every move. bahrain authorities start from opposition attempts to disrupt a controversial formula one racing me down to rallies and clashes with police. and a half of one ton of detainees and now one hunger strike some going to the death to escape detention. so i welcome you watching r.t....
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in the courtroom today the defense resumes its case. yesterday gosnell's attorney convinced the judge to throw out three of the seven first-degree murder charges against gosnell saying the prosecution had not proved those three babies are born alive after abortions. jon? >> what a horrible story. molly, thank you. jenna: well with other news today, more trouble for disgraced cyclist lance armstrong. why the government says he owes them millions of dollars and what they're doing to get the money. he owes the government. does that mean he owes us, jon? are we part of that too? jon: we paid a lot of money for the stamps that footed that bill. jenna: a once in a lifetime moment as all the living presidents and first ladies are expected to be in one place tomorrow. it is for the official dedication of the george w. bush presidential library. we're there live. next. our landing time got moved back another hour. ( crowd chatters and groans ) hunger creeping up on you ? stash a ritz crackerfuls. made with real cheese and whole grain. don't get
in the courtroom today the defense resumes its case. yesterday gosnell's attorney convinced the judge to throw out three of the seven first-degree murder charges against gosnell saying the prosecution had not proved those three babies are born alive after abortions. jon? >> what a horrible story. molly, thank you. jenna: well with other news today, more trouble for disgraced cyclist lance armstrong. why the government says he owes them millions of dollars and what they're doing to get the...